The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-12

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II 1t hadn't been himself that was hind
ering it all this time. was as much at
home atop of the chimney as was on
the ground. an / worked on without
once looking down, until my job was
finished an was putting up my tools.
Then. all of sudden, l heard a rafting
noise; an looking over, l see the plank
going down fast. l called out, "Hullo,
there! send that up again, will you ?"
but the only answer got was n loud
laugh. for all the world like silly Jerry
the naturals; and sure enough, there he
was, standing by the windlass, jumping
and clapping his hands. | looked
about for the man whose business it
was TO manage the windlass, but not a
| sign of him was there, an in a minute
heard the rattle OF the pulley again,
and saw that the rope was running
through it in the wrong direction. l
made grab at it, but twas jerked out
of my hand, an before could catch it
again the end had slipped through, and
there | was more than hundred feet
from the ground not knowing how in
the world 20 get down, an Jerry dane
ing an capering below, calling out,
"Come down and thrash me now. Mr.
Forde, won't youP" Then l remember
ed that, few days before, l had found
this boy annoying Katie, an had given
him cut with a switch | had in my
hand. He had skunk away without a
word at the time, but it seems he had
remembered the blow, and took this
way of being revenged.
Well, at first l was scarcely frishten-
ed, expecting somehow that, once the
people below knew the fix | was in,
they'd find some way or other of get
ting me out of it. But when come TO
think of it. deuce bit of of way could
hit on myself, an shure l knew more
about chimneys than any one, else in
the place. Twas getting late, too;
there wouldn't be much more than an
other half-hour of daylight, an the
wind was rising-I could hear ii whistl-
ing through the trees. BY this time
people knew what had happened an
crowd was collecting; | could see them
see them coming from all parts, for Of
course had view all about. / saw
boy go up to the door of the counting
house, an presently Master Phillip
came out, running rs if for his life.
When he came he took the command
like, an began giving directions; an
the people, who had only stared at first
now ran here and there as he sent them.
First they brought out long ladder,
an fixed it on the roof below the chin
mey. could have told them that twas
too short, knowing rs did the length
of every ladder in the place but some
how, though heard their shouts plain
| ~, could not make them hear mine;
it seemed rs if the voices went up, like
smoke. Then there was great delay,
while they went for a longer ladder;
and this, too, didn't reach half way.
A man climed up it, however, an call
ed out to know had bit of string in
my pocket that | could let down. Not
bit could find. had had u big ball
only the day before, but had taken it
out an put it on shelf at home.
took of my braces, and fastened them
an my pocket handkerchief together;
but they didn't near reach the top of
the ladder so that plan had to be given
up.
All this time the wind was rising
an l was getting numb with the cold
an stiff an cramped from being so
long in the one position. There was
big clock right over the gateway just
opposite, an saw that it only wanted
20 minutes to five; an once the dark
ness set in what little hope had would
be gone.
Master Philip seemed to have gone
away by this time, but there was my
father among the crowd; an who
should see, standing next to him. an
holding on by his arm, but Katie!
They had forgotten everything but
the fright about me, an he seemed to
be talking to her. an comforting her.
After bit saw Master Philip again;
he had a big thing in his hand looking
like pocket handkerchiefs stretched
over frame, an saw that it was a
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